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Section 381.0031(1,2), Florida Statutes, provides that "Any
practitioner, licensed in Florida to practice medicine, osteopathic
medicine, chiropractic, naturopathy, or veterinary medicine, who
diagnoses or suspects the existence of a disease of public health
significance shall immediately report the fact to the Department of
Health." The DOH county health departments serve as the Department's
representative in this reporting requirement. Furthermore, this Section
provides that "Periodically the Department shall issue a list of
diseases determined by it to be of public health significance ... and
shall furnish a copy of said list to the practitioners....". The list of
diseases to be reported is found in Chapter 64D-3.002(1), Florida
Administrative Code.
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